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Comtech has relocated its corporate headquarters from Melville, New York to Chandler, Arizona to invest in the next stage of the company’s growth.  The company has had a presence in Arizona since the ‘80s and opened up a new office in Chandler in 2023. The corporate headquarters and financial reporting that remained in Long Island,...

Exolaunch has appointed Robert Sproles, as its new CEO. Sproles has previously been CTO of the company. He replaces Dmitriy Sternharz, the company’s founder, who has led Exolaunch since its inception nearly a decade ago as a spin-off from his work as an associate professor at the Technical University of Berlin. Exolaunch announced the appointment,...

The second batch of Maxar Intelligence WorldView Legion satellites are now in the commissioning phase after a SpaceX launch on Thursday morning.  SpaceX launched the two satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket early on Aug. 15 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Maxar confirmed after launch that the satellites are successfully communicating with...

Redwire Corp. on Wednesday evening said it has agreed to acquire Hera Systems in a deal that will add additional spacecraft options to its portfolio, including satellites for Geostationary Orbit (GEO). Terms of the deal, which is expected to close in the third quarter, were not disclosed. Redwire said Hera generated $15 million in sales in...

Los Angeles-based satellite manufacturing startup Apex introduced a new satellite bus designed for Geostationary Orbit (GEO). The GEO Aries bus platform is an ESPA-class satellite bus. It is a high delta-v satellite bus that can support communications, imaging, and other use cases. Apex will begin delivering GEO Aries buses to customers in 2026. “Now that...

Es’hailSat is looking to deepen its presence into Algeria. It has held discussions with Algérie Télécom Satellite (ATS) to discuss areas for potential collaboration for supporting telecoms networks in the country with Es’hailSat’s satellite services. Algeria has a population of around 45 million people. Es’hailSat revealed details of the discussions on Aug. 15. Established almost...

Ovzon has reached a significant milestone in the United States as it has received its first order for Ovzon 3 from the U.S. Department of Defense (US DoD). The order through Viasat Government Services, represents a transition from current Ovzon Satcom-as-a-Service delivered to the DoD using leased satellite capacity to now utilizing Ovzon 3. Ovzon...

Starlink will be able to offer satellite broadband services in Sri Lanka, a country in South Asia with a population of around 22 million people. The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) has issued a service provider license to Starlink, which means Starlink can now offers its broadband services to customers in this market....

Hughes Network Systems hit the milestone of shipping more than 5,000 electronically steerable antennas (ESA) for service with the Eutelsat OneWeb Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation.  The HL1120W terminal is a fixed terminal for outdoor installation with a phased array antenna and no moving parts. The terminal has been tested to support service via the OneWeb...

Eutelsat Group is in exclusive talks with a private equity firm to sell the majority of its ground network in order to form a new ground station as a service company.           Eutelsat first said it was considering such a sale in May. The operator announced Aug. 9 that it entered into an exclusive agreement with...